08 Sep 07 The trouble with the world is…
This was part of Bill Maher’s new rules tonight on his show Real Time on HBO.
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” – Bertrand Russell
Bill’s reply:
“doubt for lack of a better word is good. it suites human nature. doubt is what makes you care for. doubt is what makes you open to change.” – Bill Maher
Oh so true.
08 Sep 07 New job for me
Last Monday (August 27th) I started my new job at Classmates.com coming on board as a sys admin there. I liked working at McGraw-Hill but realized that there is no way up for me unless I want to move out of state to places like Columbus, Ohio or Heightstown, New Jersey. Doesn’t sound very appealing to me. My new job has a whopping 7 minute commute, down from an average 45-50 minute commute. My car will probably be very happy with me. The job does come with a bump in pay and a very healthy benefits package. My last act at my old job was getting in touch with my, then, previous employer (now previous to my previous job) and getting a line of communication started for them to host; kind of ironic.
The way I figure, if I’m going to be switching jobs I better switch up, however I also need to stay on board somewhere for 4-5 years, I just couldn’t see myself doing that at McGraw-Hill unless I wanted to move up north.
Yvo
06 Sep 07 The ups and down of a “succesful” stock
By no means am I financial analyst or economist, the only background I have is setting new records in fake stocks in my economics class when I was in high school (everyone started out with 75,000 in “fake money” and I ended the quarter with over 2 million in cash). I always find it funny when I see stories regarding the slight decline of Apple stock like this, this or this story. Yesterday Steve decided to cut $200 off of the 2 month old iPhone. Nothing very typical regarding cell phones (The Moto RAZR was introduced at $400, and you can now get buy one get one free offer on a much later and less buggier revision), Apple users got upset (ugh… some people just don’t understand that there is always this type of risk when you buy technology) and the stock dipped.
I’d rather own Apple stock then say… Dell stock… Here is a nice 5 yr comparison with Apple’s stock splitting once in Feb 05 and Dell’s stock being splitless the entire time:
I think yesterday’s dip and today’s dip can partially be explained by the iPhone cut but I also think its the rich people getting richer by selling at a high point and re-entering the market (buying back) at a lower point 24-48 hours later.
